Keep Your Promises!
So David said to
Mephibosheth,
“Do not fear, for I will surely show you
kindness for Jonathan your father’s
sake,
and will restore to you all the land of Saul
your grandfather; and you shall eat
bread
at my table continually.”
2 Samuel 9: 7
We often invoke the notion of a promise
when conversing about a commitment:
“I promise I’ll be there at four o’clock
sharp!”
Jesus noted that a promise is a step beyond
merely giving one’s word—and should be an
unnecessary step: “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’
and your ‘No,’ ‘No’” (Matthew 5:37).
In the Old Testament, a promise was binding.
Before David became king, he and Saul’s son
Jonathan made a promise about Jonathan’s
children. Jonathan asked David to promise
that when he became king, he would care
for Jonathan’s children. And David did.
Years after Jonathan died and David was
king, he heard that Jonathan’s disabled son,
Mephibosheth, was alive and living as an out
cast as a descendant of Saul. David brought
Mephibosheth to his court and made ample
and permanent provisions for him.
David kept his promise to Jonathan.
God keeps His promises to
us. And
we must keep our word to each
another—always.
"God hath promised to keep
his people, and he will keep
his promise."
Charles Spurgeon